One source provides information that a typical person consumes and digests nearly 30 tons of food, and drinks 50 thousand liters of liquids in 75 years. We should bear in mind that with every single bite an extreme number of bacteria, viruses and fungi are transported...
Our microbiota (the bacteria in our gut) produce a lot of metabolites which are important for the functionality of our brain. These metabolites are: serotine, gammamino acid (GABA), dopamine, noradrenalin, acetylcholine, histamine short chain fatty acids ( including propionic acid). What about it? – you may ask. Let’s have...
Everyone who has had any kind of biochemistry or nutrition related book in their hands at least once knows that the ketogenic diet (KD) is not a universal option. There are people for whom this diet is very beneficial, but for some it may cause...
In order to follow the KD we need to: know how to correctly establish the proportions of fat, carbohydrates, and proteins. We must also remember to provide a sufficient amount of glucose for our brain and blood cells. know the results of our blood test...
Why have I done this to myself? I am definitely not a person who is addicted to sweet things. I used to think that out of all sweet thinks I prefer herring in oil. And now? I could assault a bakery in order to steal a...
We live in a world where it is unfavorable to gain weight, grow old, or look worse etc. Unfortunately, it’s embarrassing to excrete as well. Toilet producers make it easy on us by producing “chairs” constructed in such a way that nothing disturbs our aesthetic...
Parasites can be the cause of an immunological reaction which can silence the inflammation in intestines. This quite unusual bit of information appeared a few days ago in one of the most prestigious medical journals (Science). The news should be of particular interest to people...
Coffee includes a huge amount of bioactive components which maintain the proper physiological conditions in intestines. Although it has been a point of interest for those seeking anti-cancer products for quite some time, there hasn’t been enough proof of its effectiveness against cancer… until last...